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I do understand the sea-steaders POV. It is annoying how when you are born, you are born into a pre-existing system of corporations and government over which yo
by everyone 8y ago
I do understand the sea-steaders POV.
It is annoying how when you are born, you are born into a pre-existing system of corporations and government over which you have little to no say in.
One must get some pointless job in order to pay rent and not be homeless.
For large sections of our evolutionary history humans lived in small groups and were nomadic.
I reckon we still have instincts to explore and be self-governing and independent which are utterly stymied in the current milieu.
ps. I'm not intending to romanticize the past, which was pretty much chronic warfare and disease.
- Tomte 8y agoThey found the way out! Unfortunately, they also found that unless you are part of a pre-existing societal organisation, you're vogelfrei.
- everyone 8y agoI had to look up 'vogelfrei' " Vogelfrei in German usage denotes the status of a person on whom a legal penalty of outlawry has been imposed. However, the original meaning of the term referred to independence, being "free as a bird"; the current negative meaning developed only in the 16th century. " The way the meaning has changed is kinda poignant.
- Tomte 8y agoI was actually looking in Wikipedia what the English word is, but the German lemma Vogelfrei corresponds to the English lemma Vogelfrei. So it's actually a rarely used loanword, it seems.